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-> "Ma chère ville presque natale." — Romain Gary, on Nice ((Romain Gary, quoted in //Nice, Vie des Quartiers — Dubouchage//, Archives Nice Côte d'Azur, May–June 2018. https://archives.nicecotedazur.org/quartiers/nice-vie-des-quartiers-dubouchage/))+> "Ma chère ville presque natale." — Romain Gary, on Nice((Romain Gary, quoted in //Nice, Vie des Quartiers — Dubouchage//, Archives Nice Côte d'Azur, May–June 2018. https://archives.nicecotedazur.org/quartiers/nice-vie-des-quartiers-dubouchage/))
  
 We live on one of the most historically layered streets in Nice — a boulevard that has housed a prefect's legacy, a Parisian industrialist's villa, the city's oldest library, a celebrated arts club, its first public art gallery, and the formative years of one of France's greatest novelists. Boulevard Dubouchage is not a famous street in the manner of the Promenade des Anglais, but its depth of history is remarkable, and our address at No. 4 bis places us at its southern, city-centre end — steps from Place Masséna, the Promenade du Paillon, and the cultural heart of Nice. We live on one of the most historically layered streets in Nice — a boulevard that has housed a prefect's legacy, a Parisian industrialist's villa, the city's oldest library, a celebrated arts club, its first public art gallery, and the formative years of one of France's greatest novelists. Boulevard Dubouchage is not a famous street in the manner of the Promenade des Anglais, but its depth of history is remarkable, and our address at No. 4 bis places us at its southern, city-centre end — steps from Place Masséna, the Promenade du Paillon, and the cultural heart of Nice.
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 The street's origins are older than its current name. It was formerly called the rue then boulevard de l'Empeyrat or Empeirat — meaning "paved road" in Provençal — and it was during the great urban works of the 19th century that the municipality drove this major axis through the district, bordered by plane trees in the same manner as the quays of the Paillon and the Avenue de la Gare. Those plane trees remain one of the boulevard's defining physical features today: their canopy creates dappled shade along the pavement in summer and a bare, elegant skeleton in winter that reveals the facades behind them. The street's origins are older than its current name. It was formerly called the rue then boulevard de l'Empeyrat or Empeirat — meaning "paved road" in Provençal — and it was during the great urban works of the 19th century that the municipality drove this major axis through the district, bordered by plane trees in the same manner as the quays of the Paillon and the Avenue de la Gare. Those plane trees remain one of the boulevard's defining physical features today: their canopy creates dappled shade along the pavement in summer and a bare, elegant skeleton in winter that reveals the facades behind them.
  
-The city's regulatory plan — the plan régulateur — stopped at what is now Boulevard Dubouchage, leaving a certain urban disorder to develop beyond it to the north. This is why the boulevard still functions, architecturally and socially, as a legible boundary: to the south, the ordered grids of the 19th-century New Town; to the north, a more organic and varied fabric of residential streets climbing toward Cimiez.+The city's regulatory plan — the plan régulateur — stopped at what is now Boulevard Dubouchage, leaving a certain urban disorder to develop beyond it to the north. This is why the boulevard still functions, architecturally and socially, as a legible boundary: to the south, the ordered grids of the 19th-century New Town; to the north, a more organic and varied fabric of residential streets climbing toward Cimiez. In its own right, the neighborhood Cimiez has a rich history [[wp>Cimiez]].
  
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 This is one of the most important buildings on our street and one of the most historically layered structures in the whole of Nice. Louis Rambourg, a wealthy Parisian industrialist, commissioned this sumptuous residence in 1875 from Italian architect Bernardin Maraini. It later became the Villa Seigle, after the name of its new owner. In 1923, the City of Nice purchased it and had it entirely transformed into the municipal library by its architect Nicolas Anselmi, in collaboration with Clément Goyenèche. The villa was enlarged laterally and raised by a second floor, and the original facades were substantially reworked in a style approaching Art Nouveau. Of the original villa, only the staircase and the first-floor gallery would survive. This is one of the most important buildings on our street and one of the most historically layered structures in the whole of Nice. Louis Rambourg, a wealthy Parisian industrialist, commissioned this sumptuous residence in 1875 from Italian architect Bernardin Maraini. It later became the Villa Seigle, after the name of its new owner. In 1923, the City of Nice purchased it and had it entirely transformed into the municipal library by its architect Nicolas Anselmi, in collaboration with Clément Goyenèche. The villa was enlarged laterally and raised by a second floor, and the original facades were substantially reworked in a style approaching Art Nouveau. Of the original villa, only the staircase and the first-floor gallery would survive.
  
-The Bibliothèque Dubouchage was inaugurated on 8 April 1925. For a long time the main library of the city, it lost that title in 1987 with the opening of the central Lamartine library. In 2001, with the opening of the new central Louis Nucéra library on the Promenade des Arts, the Dubouchage site was dedicated to the heritage collections of Nice's municipal library network. On 3 June 2005, for the library's 80th anniversary, it took the name of the writer Romain Gary.+The Bibliothèque Dubouchage was inaugurated on 8 April 1925. For a long time the main library of the city, it lost that title in 1987 with the opening of the central Lamartine library. In 2001, with the opening of the new central Louis Nucéra library on the Promenade des Arts, the Dubouchage site was dedicated to the heritage collections of Nice's municipal library network. On 3 June 2005, for the library's 80th anniversary, it took the name of the writer [[wp>Romain Gary]].
  
 The library has existed since 1925 but the building itself is considerably older. The Niçois, however, continue to call it the "bibliothèque Dubouchage." In front of the library, in Square Durandy, for many years on Sunday mornings there was a postcard and coin market and a stamp exchange. The library has existed since 1925 but the building itself is considerably older. The Niçois, however, continue to call it the "bibliothèque Dubouchage." In front of the library, in Square Durandy, for many years on Sunday mornings there was a postcard and coin market and a stamp exchange.
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